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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Peter F. Kocks, San Francisco, CA (US);

Moninder Jheeta, Redmond, WA (US);

Brett Aladdin Barros, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter F. Kocks, San Francisco, CA (US);

Moninder Jheeta, Redmond, WA (US);

Brett Aladdin Barros, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30781 (2013.01); G06F 17/30837 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying available or recommended electronic multimedia content to a user, including electronic media content on the Internet. According to one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a request from a user, the request specifying electronic media content desired by the user; analyzing an indexed web history of a plurality of other users, based on the request for desired content; and selecting and sorting a subset of available content groups, based on the request for desired content and the indexed web history. The method also includes selecting and sorting, for each selected and sorted content group, a subset of available content; providing instructions to display, to a user, the selected and sorted content groups along a first axis of a two-dimensional grid; and further providing instructions to display, to the user, the selected available content for each content group along a second axis of the two-dimensional grid.


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